Firmware Validation Engineer

Location: Mountain View

Role description

Firmware Validation Engineer

Lead I - Semiconductor S/W Product Development

Who We Are:

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You Are:

UST is seeking a highly skilled Firmware Development & Validation Engineer to join our hardware and system validation team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for validating developing embedded firmware & validating functionality across various platforms, ensuring reliability, performance, and compliance with design specifications.

The opportunity:

• Design, develop, and maintain SoC-level firmware components using

C.

• Implement low-level firmware modules including initialization, configuration, interrupt handling, and peripheral control.

• Work closely with hardware and silicon teams for bring-up, feature enablement, and issue resolution.

• Develop and enhance Python-based automation frameworks for firmware validation and regression testing.

• Create test plans, develop validation scripts, and execute regression suites to ensure firmware stability and functionality.

• Debug and resolve firmware issues across hardware-software boundaries.

• Support silicon bring-up, board validation, and system integration activities.

• Contribute to performance tuning, optimization, and reliability improvements.

• Maintain documentation for firmware design, validation coverage, and defect tracking.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What you need:

• Strong proficiency in C programming for firmware development at SoC level.

• Solid understanding of embedded systems architecture and hardware-software interaction.

• Experience in SoC bring-up and low-level debugging.

• Proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, and validation framework development.

• Experience in debugging tools (JTAG, trace tools, logs, protocol analyzers).

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex system-level issues.

• Desired

Skills:

• Experience with bootloaders, memory subsystems, interrupts, and peripheral drivers.

• Familiarity with validation methodologies, regression frameworks, and CI/CD environments.

• Exposure to performance testing and stress validation.

• Experience working in silicon development or semiconductor environments.

• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces (PCIe, UART, I2C, SPI, etc.).

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Qualification:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

• 8 years of experience in Firmware Development with exposure to validation and automation.

• Experience working in SoC or embedded product development environments.

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role

Location:

California

Compensation Range: $81,000-$122,000

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee…